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Staff Pick: The Adventures of Augie March

Is there a great American novel? Does it even matter if such a thing exists? The answer to both questions is probably not but it’s fun to speculate.
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30 April 2025

Staff Pick: Animal Languages by Eva Meijer

As someone who has had animals all her life, I was interested in the book when I first saw it, and I have not been disappointed
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29 April 2025

Staff Pick: The Racket by Conor Niland

A fascinating memoir of Irish tennis star Conor Niland’s professional tennis career that began with him beating Roger Federer
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28 April 2025

Bealtaine at the library

The libraries are celebrating 30 years of Bealtaine with a jam-packed month of activity
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17 April 2025

Shelf Life: Ten Day Heroes

Welcome to our new book blog, Shelf Life! We will bring you the best of our library catalogue and help you find your next great read.
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15 April 2025

Dublin Burning: the Easter Rising and its consequences

As part of Dublin Remembers 1916, Dr Brian Hanley presented a lecture series which examined in detail the lead up to the Rising, what really happened over those momentous days and its impact on future generations. Part of the Dublin City Council 1916/2016 Centenary Programme.
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15 April 2025

We were there, 77 Women of the Easter Rising

This International Women's Day we remember the women of the 1916 Rising and their place in Irish history.  You can discover more about these women and their determined commitment to Ireland’s revolutionary movement in a new book Richmond Barracks 1916: We were there, 77 women of the Easter Rising.
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15 April 2025

1916: The Women Behind the Men

This collection, 1916: The Women behind the Men, offers an insight into the integral role of women before, during and in the aftermath of the Rising. Although it is well known that Countess Constance Markievicz fought in St Stephen’s Green, other important roles played by women are perhaps less known.
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15 April 2025

Alan MacSimóin Collection in Dublin City Library and Archive

The Alan MacSimóin Collection is a wonderful collection for researchers interested in left wing activism in Dublin over the past few decades.
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8 April 2025

How to get started with PressReader

If you’re accessing Press Reader from a library computer or on a device connected to the library’s WIFI, you will not need to log in to Press Reader to use it.
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18 March 2025